KSR's Kentucky High School Football Rankings: Round One Playoffs

Round one of the Kentucky high school football playoffs is in the books. The Top 10 remains unchanged after the state’s best teams pummeled opponents by a combined score of 494-40. Elsewhere, No. 30 Spencer County defeated Shelby County in the Kroger KSR Game of the Week. 

The competition will begin to heat up this Friday. Ranked matchups between Covington Catholic-Frederick Douglass, Male-St. Xavier, and Pulaski County-Woodford County are among the many games that highlight what should be an exciting evening of postseason football.

Check out KSR’s statewide Top 30 rankings following first-round playoff action below. Last week’s final regular season rankings can be found here. A full schedule for this Friday’s second-round playoff games can be found through the link here.

KSR’s Round One Playoffs Top 30 rankings

1. St. Xavier (10-1): Defeated Southern 53-0 – Trevor Havill passed for three touchdowns.
2. Frederick Douglass (11-0): Defeated Conner 50-0 – Davaun Hart rushed for two scores.
3. Corbin (11-0): Defeated Harlan County 55-0 – Corbin posted their fifth straight shutout.
4. Christian Academy of Louisville (11-0): Defeated LaRue County 56-14 – Cope Hodge tossed six touchdown passes. Trey Cotton caught five passes for 100 yards and three scores.
5. Scott County (10-1): Defeated Cooper 56-20 – Ellis Huguely rushed for 165 yds and a score. Jacob Fryman had four rushing scores.
6. Southwestern (11-0): Defeated Madison Southern 41-0 – Tanner Wright rushed for 128 yards and four touchdowns
7. Lexington Catholic (9-2): Defeated Scott 50-6 – Jackson Wasik tossed four touchdown passes, with three going to Max DeGraff.
8. Boyle County (9-2): Defeated Rowan County 49-0 – Avery Bodner passed for two touchdowns to Montavin Quisenberry, who also returned a punt for a touchdown.
9. Covington Catholic (9-2): Defeated Great Crossing 21-0 – Owen Leen rushed for two touchdowns.
10. Pikeville (8-2): Defeated Lynn Camp 63-0 – Panthers led 51-0 at halftime and cruised to the victory.
11. Mayfield (11-0) 
12. Bowling Green (9-2)
13. Ballard (9-2)
14. Bardstown (11-0)
15. Highlands (9-2)
16. DuPont Manual (9-2)
17. Beechwood (10-1)
18. Bullitt East (10-1)
19. Male (7-4)
20. Bryan Station (8-3)
21. Union County (11-0
22. Owensboro (9-2)
23. Trinity (7-4)
24. Simon Kenton (8-3)
25. Woodford County (10-1)
26. Pulaski County (9-2)
27. Raceland (10-1)
28. Johnson Central (9-2)
29. Owensboro Catholic (8-3)
30. Spencer County (10-1)

Class 1A

1. Pikeville
2. Raceland 
3. Newport Central Catholic 
4. Hazard
5. Kentucky Country Day

Class 2A

1. Mayfield
2. Beechwood
3. Owensboro Catholic
4. Lexington Christian Academy
5. Breathitt County

Class 3A

1. Christian Academy of Louisville
2. Bardstown
3. Union County
4. Mason County
5. Bell County

Class 4A

1. Corbin
2. Lexington Catholic
3. Boyle County
4. Johnson Central
5. Spencer County

Class 5A

1. Frederick Douglass
2. Scott County 
3. Southwestern
4. Covington Catholic
5. Bowling Green

Class 6A

1. St. Xavier 
2. Ballard
3. Dupont Manual 
4. Bullitt East
5. Male